The Whig view of Spanish history
For left-wing author Giles Tremlett, concord is the telos of Spain’s history — on the left’s terms, that is
A new front in the memory wars
We should celebrate achievements, not just condemn vice
Empire by way of Europe
A new book places the quest to keep Algeria French squarely at the centre of European integration
The meaning of Locke
A new book explores the English philosopher’s American afterlife
A killer in a Spanish church
Why does nobody dare to state the connection between terror attacks and Muslim immigration?
Monetarily woke
A new book by Stefan Eich debunks the political neutrality of money
Spanish suicide
Scrapping “sedition” laws enables separatists
Qatargate is a feature — not a bug — of the EU
Brussels is the seat of too much unaccountable power not to produce scandals of this very nature
Britain’s archipelago of shame
The UK’s treatment of Chagossians doesn’t amount to a crime against humanity
Spain’s feminist own goal
Its far-left government sought to harshen sentences for rapists. It ended up de-jailing some instead
Don’t trust the Runnymede Trust
The law is too indulgent of political charities
Justin Welby should resign
If sin means anything, how can the Church of England hierarchy be maintained?
“Scottish visas” would double down on two failed ideas
The plan offers the worst of devolution and mass migration in one policy
Leo Varadkar is still stirring division
The former Taoiseach should have more humility
Advertisements for themselves
Michael Craig-Martin and the sad afterlife of conceptual art
They call it Poppy love
Poppy is, simply, a dog who knows what she wants
Brooding blokes
Russian writers loved a pouting, picturesquely pained protagonist
This is England, nor are we out of it
Englishness isn’t an ethnicity, or even an idea. It’s more like auto-destructive art
England is not yet lost
Where else would you rather be from?
You were warned
Badenoch’s election means bad news for the Tories
Hush, nepo baby
Such colourful champions of free speech should be treasured rather than ridiculed
